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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 33, 7 August 1897, Page 1

James Spiers Freiman, LAND AGENT ASHOBST. rfIHE Largest List of Farms in the X District to select from. CAMERON'S NEW VKNU9 TOBACCO EW VENUS TOBACCO Facile Princeps, 1 because it is manufactured entirely from the finest growths ef ' Old Virginia.' All smokers endorse the yerdict that > there is no Tobacco like CAMEBON'3 NEW VENUS. Sold by all Tobacconists and Storekeepers H. F. WORBFOLD, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, Manchester Street, Feildiks. ' WHILE sincerely thanking the public for the very liberal patrontga bestowed upon me since starting business in Feilding, I beg to inform them that I have made extensive improvements in my premises. The Shop and Saloon are now fitted up in first-class style, and to keep pace with the times I have reduced the price of Haircutting to sixpence. A first class stock of Tobaccos aud Cigars, Snuff (scented, Scotch, Princess Mixture, and best Brown Kapee), Tobacco Poucbes, Perfumery, Violin Strings, Bows, &c, &c. MAN A WAT U CARRIAGE FACTORY. THE Firm having imported th latest suitable machinery, is prepared to execute work in all tbe branches of the ttade with deopatoh. Every variety of Vehicles made to order. Repairs, Painting, etc., done on most reasonable terms. . HEARSE on Hire. Funerals nndertaken. JOHN BETT, Proprietor. Tbe following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S.A :— "8£ MILES OP BICYCLE. "rpHE Herald Bicycle Parade has _|_ proved to be not the hit of a day, but tbe hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be hud than the tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who is not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which went to make up THE 85 MILES OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands. Among people who did not appreciate the force that cycledom had become, the Herald parade is discussed, and the basis of discussion is very largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it all. Thousands never imagined the extent or the force or the value of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only disparagement there is now nothing but praise. '• It is not amiss to say that wheeldom 18 all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* gather, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road or in the club rooms, which arc so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald's two big feasts are, if not the sole, the principal topics of discussion. " The contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'THE HOST POFULAE BICYCLI, the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal victory as a final. Weeks and months did this contest go on, followed and participated ia with an interest and a test that surpassed expectations. To every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with bis wheel all others are as twinkling stars to the sun. " The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity was begun the legion got to work. Ballots came in in bundles, in bags, in crates and in all ways, until those whose duty it was to receive them were buiied under the avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyaKj about the standards of the wheels which they had chosen. It soon became a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of nun» dreds of thousands, aDd for the first 10 wheels in the list, those having a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 Bailors webb cast. " The contest went on lor months and when the end came THE WAKWICK WAS THE WIHNBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain aboiM it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671.589 and k LBIS OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. . " The winning machine 'v one that is well and favorably known to all cyclists, f and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the baN lotting. It is manufactured by the Wars , wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr P. J. W. Feak is Sole Agent ' for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. : NINETY^EIGHT COMPETITORS. ' The following are those of the 98 Com- ■ petitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists;— i WARWICK 386,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverlej 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding < 10,613 1 Sterling 9.315 Dayton 8.327 , Barnes 4,307 Cleveland") White > ...Under 2 ( 000 World ) " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,689 votes, and a lead o£ almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." ) ' Son Asent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET Tbe oldestvestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wiluhotok ! CeUdiPE Ageot-Cr. W. FowiM